A jug, a tambourine, a traditional sword, stuffed animals and many books among the gifts to the King in 2021

The Queen also received books as well as earrings, bracelets, bags or dresses

MADRID, 27 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

A jug, a tambourine or a traditional sword are some of the 170 institutional gifts that King Felipe VI received during the year 2021, while in the case of Queen Letizia there are several earrings, dresses and bags, in addition to many books in the case of both.

Zarzuela has made public this Friday, as it has been doing for seven years, the list of the 307 institutional gifts received by the members of the Royal Family during the last year on the occasion of their different public activities and their meetings with different personalities and entities.

Don Felipe was the one who received the most gifts, 170, followed by Doña Letizia, with 73, while both received another 40 together. To these must be added two other gifts for them and their daughters, one more for the Queen and the Princess of Asturias, four for the Queen and the two infantas, three for Princess Leonor and eleven for her and the infanta Sofía. For her part, Queen Doña Sofía received three gifts.

A good part of the gifts received by the King were books as well as commemorative pieces of different types, such as plaques, frames or paintings, of the events in which he participated, as well as different handicrafts from the places he visited or the place of origin of the people he received, and numerous paintings, photographs and sculptures.

Among the most curious objects are the stuffed animals that the patronage of the Adecco Foundation gave him, the jug that the mayor of the Alicante town of Agost gave him, a strawberry tree and the care kit that Cáritas Spain gave him, a hand tambourine of the governor of a Brazilian state or the traditional sword given to him by the then Algerian Foreign Minister, Sabri Bukadum.

Likewise, Don Felipe received miniature reproductions of both the Goya Film Award, whose award ceremony he attended, and the Copa del Rey de Fútbol, ​​both in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 editions, along with the trophy best player in the final.

The monarch has also received cufflinks, several hats and two guayaberas, as well as a personalized Portuguese soccer team shirt given to him by the Portuguese president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and that of Atlético de Madrid as 2020-2021 League champion for part of the club president on the occasion of the presentation of the Iberian candidacy for the 2030 World Cup.

As far as the Queen is concerned, many of her gifts have also been books or commemorative objects of the events she has attended, as well as pieces of art and crafts. Doña Letizia has also received different pieces of jewelry and accessories such as bracelets, scarves, earrings, brooches, bags, dresses or hats.

As for the gifts received by the Princess of Asturias, they were three books on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Cervantes Institute, the emblem of the Navy and Navantia on the occasion of the launching ceremony of the submarine 'Isaac Peral' and the book 'Mujeres of arms to take' that a Peruvian historian sent him during the King's visit to Peru.

The daughters of the King and Queen have also received several bracelets, pendants, handcrafted figures, two memory games as well as promotional items from Atlético de Madrid, among others.

Finally, Doña Sofía only received two bracelets in 2021, a Japanese-style wood engraving and a hat that was given to her by the president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso.